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Continued from page 24 completions & refurbs speaking with a potential 787 customer who is a repeat client,” said Jonas, “and the talks are pretty far along.” Greenpoint Technologies is currently modifying two 747-8s delivered from Boeing and installing the center’s StandardAero in Springfield, Ill. does major refurbishment on large- to small-cabin jets. “Anything that can be done with an interior, we do in Springfield,” says StandardAero’s Scott Taylor. Aeroloft rest area in each before further delivery of the airplanes to other completion centers for outfitting. The Aeroloft is located in the area above the main deck and aft of the upper-deck, forward lounge in the executive 747. It was designed, engineered and is built by Greenpoint. The center is licensed by Boeing to do the necessary modifications and installation. It will receive EASA certification this year and adds 393 additional sq ft to the 4,786 ft in the main deck and upper lounge. Sloan Benson, executive v-p at Greenpoint, said interest is growing in the Aerolift elevator it designed for the 747-8. “We’re expecting to book one later this year.” Greenpoint has contracts to modify three more 747-8s for the Aeroloft. Two of them, like the first two, will go on to other centers for installation of the Aeroloft kit and for the full interior completion. A fifth green 747-8 will arrive next year and remain at Greenpoint for full outfitting. It will be the Kirkland, Wash. center’s first green completion of a twin-aisle airplane, an appropriate way to mark Greenpoint’s 25th anniversary in the business. Gore Design Completion delivered two twin-aisle airplanes in 2011: a 767 to a central Asian head of state and a 777. Kathy Gore Walters, co-founder and president, said the company expects to deliver its first BBJ3 in June for a Middle East client, and in the same month to turn over an ACJ320 for a central Asian client. Later this year, Gore design expects also to deliver two ACJ340s. Pats Aircraft Systems continu […]